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package uk.ac.manchester.cs.mekon.mechanism;

/**
 * Interface for mechanisms that will build a section of the
 * model.
 *
 * @author Colin Puleston
 */
public interface CSectionBuilder {

	/**
	 * Specifies whether this section-builder supports
	 * incremental builds. If so then whenever a re-build
	 * operation is performed, the {@link #build} method should
	 * update the previously built model-section in line with the
	 * latest state of the model-source data. Otherwise
	 * {@link #build} should never be invoked.
	 *
	 * @return True if section-builder supports incremental builds
	 */
	public boolean supportsIncrementalBuild();

	/**
	 * Builds or updates the model-section.
	 *
	 * @param builder Builder for use in building/updating
	 * model-section
	 */
	public void build(CBuilder builder);
}
